HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS · c. 100
Timgad, Algeria
Its grid plan, forum and arch make it one of the clearest examples of Roman town planning.
The story, as a puzzle
A town on a grid.
Founded by the emperor Trajan around 100 CE as a colony for veterans, this Roman town was laid out on an almost perfect grid, and was later buried by sand. Pin it.
Where it is
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